GAZA: Gaza's civil defence agency on Wednesday said its crew recovered charred bodies from a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, as Israeli strikes killed 17 people in the Hamas-run territory since dawn. Germany, France and Britain urged Israel to lift its blockade on humanitarian aid entering the besieged territory, which it imposed on March 2. Talks aimed at reaching a new ceasefire have so far failed to produce any breakthroughs and a Hamas delegation is currently in Cairo for renewed negotiations with Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
"Seventeen people have been killed since dawn," civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said, as Israel pounded the war-battered territory. He said 11 of the victims, who included women and children, died in an air strike targeting the Yafa school building in Gaza City's Al Tuffah neighbourhood. "The school was housing displaced people. The bombing sparked a massive blaze and several charred bodies have since been recovered," he said. Several bodies, wrapped in white shrouds, were laid at the morgue of Al Shifa hospital. The wounded were also being treated at the facility. — AFP
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